Want a Fed-Speak Cheat Sheet? Try the Dictionary

To predict Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decisions, bond traders found one tool in great demand: a dictionary.

After the Fed’s policy meeting minutes were release on Wednesday, Fed watchers have been scrambling to slice and dice every word in the statement looking for any clues as to what its next move will be.

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